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Plate - Guy Boyd Studio, 'Drover with Sheep', circa 1957
Reg. No: HT 941
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- Summary:
- Plate decorated by Helen Ilich at Guy Boyd studio in East Bentleigh the late 1950s. Helen migrated to Melbourne from Croatia in 1953 with her two children, her husband already having arrived. She had always wanted to be an artist but rarely had the opportunity or parental support to pursue her passion. This continued in Australia but she found a degree of artistic outlet by working in three ceramic studios around Melbourne - Ellis, Isobel (a small independent business) and Guy Boyd's studio which she particularly enjoyed. At the Boyd studio she painted many ceramic pieces with Australian landscape and Aboriginal motifs, produced for the domestic and tourist markets. Helen later joined the Heidelberg Artists' Society and taught painting at home, producing many works of her own.
- Description:
- Ceramic plate with painted image of a horseman on a bush track, hearding sheep with the help of a dog. There are gum trees in the foreground and hills in the distance.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Nina Chelleri, 2002
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 235 mm (Width) |
| Dimension Comment: | diameter |
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| Tagged with: | artworks, wars conflicts, world war ii 1939-1945, immigration, domestic equipment, displaced persons, artistic practices, croatian communities, croatian immigration |
| Themes this item is part of: | Immigration & Artistic Practice Collection, Helen Ilich, Serbian Migrant & Ceramic Artist, 1953, Domestic & Community Life Collection, Migration Collection, Getting In, Immigration Museum Exhibition, 2003-2015 |
| Primary Classification: | CULTURAL IDENTITY |
| Secondary Classification: | Ethnicity - Creative Practice |
| Tertiary Classification: | ceramics |
| Inscriptions: | Painted on front of Plate: 'H Ilich' Inscribed into underside of Plate: 'Guy Boyd' |
| Artist: | Helen Ilich, Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia, circa 1957 |
| Manufactured For: | Guy Boyd Pottery, Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia, circa 1957 |
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